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A recently announced contract to house unaccompanied children in North Philadelphia, as well as President Trump’s stated intention to bring an end to birthright citizenship, were among demonstrators’ concerns.

A recently announced contract to house unaccompanied children in North Philadelphia, as well as President Trump’s stated intention to bring an end to birthright citizenship, were among demonstrators’ concerns.

On Friday, Mayor Jim Kenney and city officials, joined by activists and immigrant rights organizations, announced the decision to end the contract which allows ICE access to the city’s arrest reporting system.

On Sunday, a planned demonstration resulted in the arrest of approximately 17 people, as protesters at the Berks County Residential Center called for Gov. Wolf to shut down the family detention center.

Philadelphia’s branch of the Occupy ICE movement, which is also focusing on ending the PARS agreement and shutting down Berks County Residential Center, will gather and organize participants at the Friends Center in Center City on July 10.

The nonprofit Mighty Writers planned to deliver 100 Spanish-language, age-appropriate books to children being held at Berks County Detention Center this week. But on Monday, the center’s administration suddenly canceled the Tuesday drop-off.

An interview with an Honduran mother that has been detained in Berks with her infant since the 10th of November of 2015. She tells about the conditions in Berks, the experience of the hunger strike, and all that she has suffered with the hope of being liberated in The United States.

Juntos, an immigrant advocacy organization based in Philadelphia, responds to the Trump administration's decision to end the separation of migrant families on the U.S.-Mexico border and instead keep families detained together.

“While the Berks facility is not a state prison under my purview, it is a facility in our Commonwealth that is currently holding human beings, including children, against their will in conditions that seem negligent, abusive, and tragic," Leach said.